Author: cparker
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Different Strokes from Different Folks (Karin Jurick)
In addition to her own painting and blogging regimen, the indefatigable Karin Jurick (who I have written about previously here, as well as in my posts on “painting a day” painter/bloggers here and here) has a new project in which she participates, guides and hosts a collaborative painting blog based on a simple but fascinating…
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Exquisite Corpse
When I was in grade school my friends and I, particularly those of us who considered ourselves “artists”, played a game with no name; in which we would fold an elongated piece of paper in thirds or quarters, and take turns drawing parts of a figure. The first participant would usually start by drawing a…
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Jaime Jones
Illustrator Jaime Jones studied at the Corcoran College of Art and has worked for companies like Arenanet, and currently Bungie, as well as doing freelance work for Wizards of the Coast, Image Comics, Alderac Entertainment and others. Jones works primarily digitally and his online galleries are divided into sections like Digital Paintings, Digital Sketches and…
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Paths to Impressionism
Long time readers of Lines and Colors will know that I have a particular fondness for painters at the edges of French Impressionism, both in terms of precursors to the Impressionist style and a range of other painters who were influenced by that style but took it in somewhat different directions, most notably the painters…
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Bill Carman
Bill Carman has an approach that combines stylish exaggeration, line, painted rendering, texture, design and a variety of applications of color to achieve an entertaining and eye-catching range of illustrations, paintings and drawings. Carman studied at De Anze College and Brigham Young University and is currently a professor of illustration and drawing at Boise State…
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Erin Kelso
When I discovered Erin Kelso’s work on conceptart.org, I did my usual dig to see what else I could find about the artist, who was listed only as “bluefooted”. I eventually found out that she also has a presence on deviantART, where she is also listed only as “bluefooted”, but no actual website or blog.…